It’s possible that I’M the LAST person to discover this but in case you haven’t AND you’re a Lightroom user and a Tokina 12-24mm user: the profile correction for the Pentax 12-24mm (because there isn’t one for Tokina lenses) does a wonderful job of correcting the chromatic aberration in that lens. It seems like I heard somewhere that they’re the same lens so that would account for the profile working. I’ve added two samples below to demonstrate but I’m noticing after uploading the two images that the purple fringing in the “without correction” photo isn’t as obvious as when I view it in Lightroom. Maybe I’ll use a better example of before and after in a later post or an edit to this post.
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| Without Pentax 12-24mm profile correction (some purple fringing on edge of plate) |
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| Using Pentax 12-24mm profile correction (for Tokina 12-24mm lens) in Lightroom |
Oh, and before anyone says anything: the edge of the plate was NOT supposed to be in focus. It was at the edge of the frame and in the foreground. I was shooting up close with this lens at f8 with the center of focus further away from the edge, so this is more of a depth-of-field kind of thing rather than edge sharpness. I’ve been very pleased with this lens and I’ve heard the latest updated version is even better (and more expensive).
